1961 Norwegian Football Cup

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1961 Norwegian Football Cup
Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for menn 1961
Tournament details
Country Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Defending champions Rosenborg
Final positions
Champions Fredrikstad (8th title)
Runner-up Haugar
  1960
1962  

The 1961 Norwegian Football Cup was the 56th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. Rosenborg were the defending champions, but they were eliminated by the second-tier team Brann in the quarterfinal.

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The final was played at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 22 October 1961, and was contested by the seven-times former winners Fredrikstad and the second-tier team Haugar who made their debut in the Norwegian Cup final. Fredrikstad won their eighth Norwegian Cup title with an impressive 7–0 win against Haugar in the final, and also secured the double for the third time.

First round

Second round

Third round

Team 1 Score Team 2
6 August 1961
Fredrikstad 5–2 Vestfossen
Moss 3–0 Vålerengen
Skeid 3–0 Egersund
HamKam 3–5 Sarpsborg
Lillestrøm 2–2 (a.e.t.) Brumunddal
Raufoss 4–2 Lisleby
Geithus1–3 Frigg
Ørn 2–5 Ulf
Eik 0–2 Asker
Viking 1–3 Haugar
Vard 4–2 Vindbjart
Brann 4–0 Stavanger
Hødd 0–1 Gjøvik-Lyn
Freidig 1–2 Strømmen
Rosenborg 1–0 Aalesund
Steinkjer 4–1 Kvik (Trondheim)
Replay: 9 August 1961
Brumunddal 3–4 Lillestrøm

Fourth round

Team 1 Score Team 2
27 August 1961
Frigg 2–0 Vard
Strømmen 0–3 Brann
Ulf 0–1 (a.e.t.) Moss
Sarpsborg 3–3 (a.e.t.) Raufoss
Steinkjer 6–1 Lillestrøm
Haugar 2–1 Skeid
Asker 0–1 Rosenborg
Gjøvik-Lyn 2–5 (a.e.t.) Fredrikstad
Replay: 30 August 1961
Raufoss 1–0 Sarpsborg

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
10 September 1961
Fredrikstad 4–1 Moss
Rosenborg 2–3 Brann
Frigg 0–1 Haugar
Raufoss 2–5 Steinkjer

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
1 October 1961
Brann 0–1 Fredrikstad
Haugar 1–0 (a.e.t.) Steinkjer

Final

Fredrikstad 7–0 Haugar
Borgen Soccerball shade.svg37'
Olsen Soccerball shade.svg43', 77'
Kristoffersen Soccerball shade.svg47', 63'
Pedersen Soccerball shade.svg57'
Kristiansen Soccerball shade.svg67' (pen.)
Report
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 30,273
Referee: Bjørn Borgersen (Mercantile)

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